The Board granted an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for right lower extremity polyneuropathy to August 5, 1994, and remanded issues related to increased rating and service connection for a right eye disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim was continuously pursued from August 1994, and the Board found that he is entitled to direct service connection from that date.
- Claimed conditions
- right eye disability, to include ptosis, right lower extremity polyneuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- November 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25098456
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 845 · Granted: 39% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including bilateral pes planus with right great toe hallux limitus; bilateral upper extremity radiculopathy; obstructive sleep apnea; cervical degenerative arthritis, disc disease, spinal stenosis, and C4-C7 fusion; left shoulder strain; lumbar degenerative disc disease; right shoulder strain; right knee tendonitis; left knee tendonitis; painful right neck scar; tinnitus; right lower extremity polyneuropathy; and left lower extremity polyneuropathy render him unable to secure or follow any substantially gainful occupation.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for right and left lower extremity polyneuropathy, finding that the conditions were caused by JP-4 fuel exposure during service.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral lower extremity polyneuropathy, finding that the appellant's exposure to herbicide agents during his service in Vietnam is a contributing factor to his current condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes, left and right lower extremity polyneuropathy are remanded due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error related to the exposure to ionizing radiation. A new TERA opinion is required.
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